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When I went to visit my then girlfriend's family in Russia a few years ago there was what was known as the $100 rule - basically that nobody ever left the house
by marcuspovey 14y ago
When I went to visit my then girlfriend's family in Russia a few years ago there was what was known as the $100 rule - basically that nobody ever left the house without $100 US in their pocket, because that amount would be enough to get you out of pretty much any trouble.
Bribery of police is so endemic in Russia that the state's most effective counter to this so far has been to simply bribe the police more and reclaim the losses from the perp - so for a traffic offence, the policeman would get a bonus from the state for not taking the bribe and the offender would have his car sold.
Paying police more in the first place might be a good start.
- cousin_it 14y agoRussian person here. Why do you think paying the police more would reduce corruption? Highly paid government officials in Russia are just as corrupt.
- da02 14y agoI agree. Bank tellers are not that highly paid, but the local banks have no problem with massive theft. Here in the US, police are paid quite well and retire with a nice pension. They also win a free-paid vacation if they kill an unarmed civilian. They call it "suspended with pay". Despite all that, they also taser the elderly and teens half their size: https://www.google.com/search?q=police+taser+elderly++&oq=police+taser+elderly https://www.google.com/search?q=police+taser+elderly++&o... I read a blog for priv. prop. anarchists and they never run out of stories like those.
- mjwalshe 14y agoYou would rather that some one being investigated went back to work and potentially adjusted the evidence that is why when your investigated for a serious offence at work you are suspended.